Percona is an open source software company specializing in MySQL Support, Consulting, Managed Services, and Training. The company was founded in 2006 by Peter Zaitsev and Vadim Tkachenko[1][2] and is headquartered in Durham, North Carolina. The company launched a MySQL Backup Service in June 2014 as part of its Managed Services.[3] The company contributes to the MySQL community through its blog site, the MySQL Performance blog.[4] The company also hosts annual MySQL user conferences[5] named "Percona Live" in Silicon Valley and London. The company's founders have also published the O'Reilly book "High Performance MySQL".[6]

The company builds and maintains free, open-source MySQL software for Percona Server, MySQL, and MariaDB users. Percona Server is a variant of the MySQL relational database management system and is a drop-in MySQL replacement.[7] The company also produces open source software including Percona XtraDB Cluster,[8] Percona XtraBackup and Percona Toolkit.